Is it possible to be possessed? (Demographic Patterns)

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about evil in the world: It is possible for people to be possessed by the Devil/demons. Results weighted by WEIGHT (Baylor Religion Survey, Wave 2, 2007)

Is it possible to be possessed? by Age

18-29 years old

30-44 years old

45-59 years old

60-74 years old

75 years and older

TOTAL

Strongly disagree

14.6%38

16.3%82

14.7%67

14.7%39

12.7%15

15.0%241

Disagree

15.8%41

18.5%93

14.9%68

14.3%38

17.8%21

16.3%261

Agree

29.2%76

31.4%158

32.7%149

33.8%90

33.1%39

32.0%512

Strongly agree

26.5%69

21.1%106

21.8%99

19.9%53

12.7%15

21.3%342

Undecided

13.8%36

12.7%64

15.8%72

17.3%46

23.7%28

15.4%246

Missing

12

8

7

8

11

46

TOTAL

100.0%260

100.0%503

100.0%455

100.0%266

100.0%118

1602

Is it possible to be possessed? by Church attendance

Never

Less than once a month

Less than once a week

Weekly or more

Missing

TOTAL

Strongly disagree

32.4%121

16.6%75

9.5%27

2.9%14

4

15.0%237

Disagree

20.4%76

22.2%100

15.1%43

8.6%41

1

16.4%260

Agree

23.9%89

31.9%144

34.9%99

37.4%178

3

32.2%510

Strongly agree

6.7%25

12.2%55

21.8%62

40.5%193

7

21.1%335

Undecided

16.6%62

17.1%77

18.7%53

10.5%50

3

15.3%242

Missing

5

15

6

17

0

43

TOTAL

100.0%373

100.0%451

100.0%284

100.0%476

18

1584

Is it possible to be possessed? by Education

Less than high school

High school graduate

Some college or vocational training

College graduate

Postgraduate work/degree

Missing

TOTAL

Strongly disagree

6.7%8

12.2%55

12.0%71

19.8%42

30.7%61

3

15.1%237

Disagree

12.6%15

15.3%69

16.0%95

17.5%37

17.6%35

10

15.9%251

Agree

37.0%44

31.6%142

34.0%202

32.1%68

26.6%53

4

32.3%509

Strongly agree

26.1%31

24.0%108

23.2%138

14.6%31

14.6%29

5

21.4%337

Undecided

17.6%21

16.9%76

14.8%88

16.0%34

10.6%21

6

15.2%240

Missing

8

14

15

3

2

0

42

TOTAL

100.0%119

100.0%450

100.0%594

100.0%212

100.0%199

28

1574

Is it possible to be possessed? by Political party

Democrat

Independent

Republican

Other

Missing

TOTAL

Strongly disagree

19.9%116

20.6%72

7.1%43

21.2%7

3

15.1%238

Disagree

21.1%123

15.7%55

13.0%79

12.1%4

0

16.6%261

Agree

27.1%158

28.3%99

38.8%236

24.2%8

12

31.8%501

Strongly agree

15.6%91

20.0%70

27.1%165

27.3%9

7

21.3%335

Undecided

16.2%94

15.4%54

14.1%86

15.2%5

7

15.2%239

Missing

16

3

13

4

0

36

TOTAL

100.0%582

100.0%350

100.0%609

100.0%33

29

1574

Is it possible to be possessed? by Sex

Male

Female

TOTAL

Strongly disagree

18.1%137

12.4%105

15.1%242

Disagree

16.3%124

16.3%138

16.3%262

Agree

30.0%228

33.7%285

32.0%513

Strongly agree

20.0%152

22.5%190

21.3%342

Undecided

15.5%118

15.0%127

15.3%245

Missing

17

28

45

TOTAL

100.0%759

100.0%845

1604

Is it possible to be possessed? by Religion

Protestant

Catholic

Jewish

None

Other

Missing

TOTAL

Strongly disagree

9.1%83

6.8%23

57.1%16

48.6%87

24.5%23

8

15.0%232

Disagree

14.2%129

19.4%66

10.7%3

17.9%32

21.3%20

10

16.1%250

Agree

34.8%316

37.4%127

3.6%1

15.6%28

31.9%30

10

32.4%502

Strongly agree

28.1%255

15.9%54

0.0%0

3.9%7

13.8%13

13

21.2%329

Undecided

13.8%125

20.6%70

28.6%8

14.0%25

8.5%8

9

15.2%236

Missing

25

12

2

0

1

0

40

TOTAL

100.0%908

100.0%340

100.0%28

100.0%179

100.0%94

50

1549

Notes

The Baylor Department of Sociology received a three-year grant from the John M. Templeton Foundation, to conduct a nationally representative multi-year study of religious values, practices, and behaviors. Wave 2 of the Baylor Religion Survey was collected in 2007 and includes a deep selection of questions related to religious behaviors, beliefs and belonging. Special topic modules examine race and religion, and personality.